As Kenyans demonstrated outside the Kenyan Embassy in Stockholm on Friday 11th January, similar demonstrations were also taking place in the United States and Britain. A new group calling itself Kenyans for Peace, Democracy and Justice organized the US demo.
The demos were occasioned by the rigging of elections by Dictator Mwai Emilio Kibaki who installed himself secretly as President of Kenya less than an hour after rigging elections.
The Kenyans in the United States handed over a note to the US State Department calling on the US government to take the position that Kibaki must step down on grounds that he stole the vote.
Outside the Kenyan Embassy in Stockholm, ODM-Scandinavia made similar demands and warned the US against using opportunistic language in the situation by advising President elect Raila Amollo Odinga to talk to Kibaki.
The biggest demo was however held in London where there is a huge Kenyan presence as compared to Stockholm. In London, speakers urged for a quick solution to the crisis, arguing that Kenyans were dying needlessly.
New anti-Kibaki actions are expected as part of pressure on the septaugenerian to step down so that peace can return to Kenya. The Kibaki dictatorship has already suffered a major blow after Kenneth Marende, an ODM sponsored candidate, scooped the post of Speaker of the National Assemly. The post of Deputy speaker also went to and ODM candidate.
Okoth Osewe
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